Romeo and Juliet

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

1786 - 1791

The moment when Juliet awakes in the tomb to find Romeo's dead body and the empty cup of poison beside it. Seizing the dagger, she is about to kill herself.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 178 x 241 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £8312 ( Total: £33,250; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1981
• Vendor: James Oaks

Provenance

Painted for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery but rejected and remained with the artist; Christie's 1801; Christie's 1810; Henry Moseley; Mrs Thomas Thorpe, 1857; Oakes family before 1883, by descent.

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